Now that I’m an adult, have no kids, and have been working as a photographer for the past 7 years, it’s easy to forget what it’s like being a kid. But now that I’m teaching photography to kids between the ages of 5 and 19, I’ve found myself being reminded daily of my glory days as a kid and how fun it was. One thing I forgot is how little girls can be. They’re so giggly about everything, and they have this funny “boys are stupid” mentality” towards the boys their own age (but boys have the same attitude too, that “girls are stupid”). And, the levels of shyness really show in the critiques and are a bit funny to me. I would say it’s a 50/50 split when it comes to participation with the young girls. Some are very out going and are able to tell you everything about their photos–what they like and why they think it’s a good photo compositionally. And then there is the other 50%, the little girls like Alejandrina who are shy and don’t know why they took the picture or what they like about it. I’m sure she knows more than she lets on, but, when I show her photos in the critique and ask her what she thinks, she never wants to say anything. Or if she does, I can never hear her. However, she still takes great photographs, and if she just likes to take pictures of her friends or her dolls missing their bodies then that’s fine with me.